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Saturday, 9 March 2019

Dolphins Be Trippin'

How Dolphins On LSD Shaped The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, America's Light Bulb Revolution, and more.
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HERE'S AN IDEA
A BOTTLENOSE FOR THE TRUTH
How Dolphins On LSD Shaped The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
supercluster.com
After the Green Bank Conference in 1961, the notion of dolphins as a prototypical extraterrestrial intelligence would shape the trajectory of interstellar communication for the next half century.
LET THERE BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIGHT
America's Light Bulb Revolution
nytimes.com
Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention, but a more inconspicuous instrument is helping to reshape America's energy economy right now: the humble light bulb.
'ON LOVING AND MOURNING AN ILLUSION'
Luke Perry, Dylan McKay And The Myth Of The 'Bad Boy'
lithub.com
I have always loved bad television. I have always loved stories that looked directly at my most basic expectations of what it is to be a human and just did the thing.
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LOOKIN' GOOD
PETE DAVIDSUMMONING CIRCLE
This Week's Best Memes, Ranked
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It's an internet fight and only the funniest meme will emerge victorious. This week's challengers? Tim Apple, Pete Davidson, the summoning circle and more.
PICTURE THIS
Tiny, Exquisite Dioramas Of Murder Scenes, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
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The lives of young men inside prison, the uneasy coexistence of humans and animals and other best photos of the week.
DRAW THE LINE
IKEA's Kåma Sutra Book, And More Of The Week's Coolest Design
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A font made from dance moves, the colorful architecture of the highest city in the world and other coolest design of the week.
NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
DEAD ON ARRIVAL
The Impossible Dream Avanti Sold To Youngstown
jalopnik.com
When the first Avanti finished in Youngstown, Ohio, rolled off the line on Sept. 30, 1987, it was touted as a rebirth for both a once-revolutionary car and for a region ravaged by the closure of its steel mills.
WHAT YOU THROW, IS WHAT YOU CLOG
The Worst Things Americans Try To Recycle
earther.gizmodo.com
Recycling is in trouble. But there's another, related reason why so much of what Americans try to recycle is now winding up at an incinerator or a landfill.
MEDICARE FOR ALL NOW
$50 Could Have Saved Him, But His GoFundMe Pitch Didn't Get The Clicks
bostonglobe.com
I don't know if you feel any portion of blame for Boyle's death, but you should, much like I do.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
ALL WHITE EVERYTHING
Here's What 500 Inches Of Snow In A Winter Looks Like
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The Sierra mountains near Lake Tahoe in California have gotten a lot of snow this winter. Like, *a lot.*
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What are the dolphins telling you? They're telling us it's the weekend and that we should log off.

Friday, 8 March 2019

Get Rich Quick, Rue The Consequences

Retiring Before You're 40 Is Not What It Seems, And Other Facts, Thousands of New Millionaires Are About to Eat San Francisco Alive, and more.
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CASH OUT AND ABOUT
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Retiring Before You're 40 Is Not What It Seems, And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: ​Why retiring early isn't the escape you think it is, the complicated process of telling someone you love them over text and why home cooked meals can be a red herring.
GOOD THING THERE'S NO HOUSING SHORTA—
Thousands Of New Millionaires Are About To Eat San Francisco Alive
nytimes.com
Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and Pinterest plan to go public. California's newly minted rich will be hungry for parties, houses, boats, bikes — and ice sculptures.
WORK, GAMIFIED
How I Became Addicted To An On-Demand Gig
onezero.medium.com
I quickly discovered that Postmates was a genius at luring me back online
THESE PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY
The Fortunes Of The 25 Richest People In The World, Visualized
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America has more billionaires than the other top four billionaire-generating countries combined, but that doesn't mean that all of the richest billionaires in the world live in America.
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NERDING OUT
THEFT IS THE PATH TO THE DARK SIDE
The $200,000 Toy Heist That Tore The Star Wars World Apart
popularmechanics.com
In early February 2017, 37-year-old collector Zach Tann would unknowingly set in motion one of the biggest scandals in Star Wars collecting history.
THE MAGIC'S GONE
Fantasy's Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons
kotaku.com
Gail Gygax and I were sitting in the living room of a lace-trimmed, flower-filled bed and breakfast in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when she told me about the time she discovered what she believed was a plot to kill her.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T REFACTOR IT
Calc.EXE Is Now Open Source — There's Surprising Depth In Its Ancient Code
arstechnica.com
Although it is in some regards one of the most modern Windows applications — it's an early adopter of Fluent Design and has been used to showcase a number of design elements — core parts of Windows Calculator's codebase date all the way back to 1995.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GREASE ON, GREASE OFF
Carpet Cleaner Melts The Grease Off A Grimy Diner Carpet, And Oh Yes, This Is The Good Stuff
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We're not quite sure *why* you'd put carpet down in a restaurant, but we're not complaining since we get to see it cleaned.
IN THE NEWS
Paul Manafort Sentenced To About Four Years In Prison In Virginia Case
Mark Zuckerberg Is Rumored To Have A Secret Escape Passageway Beneath His Conference Room For Emergencies
Elizabeth Warren Says She Wants To Break Up Amazon, Google, And Facebook
Pedestrian Deaths In US Approach Highest Number In Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows
A Wild Interview With R. Kelly's Former Lawyer
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Spring's (Almost) Sprung And That Means Outdoor Fun
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This superlight and breathable softshell pullover from Arc'teryx is designed for mountain climbers. It should handle your morning commutes just fine.
We may not retire early, but we're planning on treating this weekend like we've moved to a resort town.